Antonyms for gloaming

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gloh-ming

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgloʊ mɪŋ

Definition of gloaming

Origin : Old English glomung "twilight," formed (probably on model of æfning "evening") from glom "twilight," related to glowan "to glow" (hence "glow of sunrise or sunset"), from Proto-Germanic *glo- (see glow (v.)). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but preserved in Scotland and reintroduced by Burns and other Scottish writers after 1785.

noun evening

Example sentences :

The goats have gathered round me as I sit musing in the gloaming.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

It uplifted his soul, like soft music in the gloaming, or a woman's face.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Man, hurry home before the gloaming betrays you to the dark.
Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles

It was in the gloaming, and the little sitting-room was warm and cosy.
Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

She twisted a piece of paper into a spill, and put an end to the gloaming.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

There was no mistaking who it was waiting there in the gloaming.
Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Lasst Midsummer Day aa was on t' Shanmoor road, i' t' gloaming.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

But he forgot that later as they rode home through the gloaming.
Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild

I perched a turkey in the gloaming and roasted him over a small fire.
Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter

The moon is clouded over, but her silvery sheen is replaced by a gloaming of grey.
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for gloaming

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